Worksite Temperature Screening for COVID-19.

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2021-04-28

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Abstract

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To determine whether temperature screening is useful in detecting and reducing workplace transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

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A survey was conducted to determine whether temperature screening successfully identified workers with COVID-19 among a convenience sample of medical directors of multinational corporations in a wide range of industries.

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More than 15 million screenings were performed by 14 companies. Fewer than 700 episodes of fever were identified. Of these, only about 53 cases of COVID-19 were detected. By contrast about 2000 workers with diagnosed COVID-19 were in the workplace and not detected by screening.

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One case of COVID-19 was identified by screening for approximately every 40 cases that were missed. Worksite temperature screening was ineffective for detecting workers with COVID-19 and is not recommended.

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10.1097/jom.0000000000002245

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Stave, Gregg M, Sharon E Smith, Pamela A Hymel and Richard JL Heron (2021). Worksite Temperature Screening for COVID-19. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Publish Ahead of Print. 10.1097/jom.0000000000002245 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/22724.

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Gregg M. Stave

Consulting Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

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